Pasting outline to a layer

Scripting
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Can anyone teach me how to paste an outline to a layer?
Assume I have a copied path, and I want to paste it to all of the selected layers.

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You will need your path like as GSPath:

newPath = GSPath()

Same with the nodes that you might want to append to the newPath

newPath.addNode_(newNode)
newPath.setClosed_(True)

and then append this path to your layer:

myLayer.addPath_(newPath)

And so on.

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Thanks. Okay, how can I read the path from the clipboard?
Also, how can I check if the content of the clipboard is bezier path?

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Counterquestion: Would it be okay for you, to copy the path within a script? I mean not to go the way via clipboard? Because this easier.

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That would require the user to select the source glyph and the destination glyph"s" at the same time, which sounds like a bad idea.

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I’ll put something together to access the clipboard.
Or you need two scripts. One to store the outline and the other to paste it.

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I made a script: https://gist.github.com/schriftgestalt/6ef3dda00264486cb479